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Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ~Albert Einstein~

I use my imagination a lot. Mostly I imagine things that are trying to kill me and then I try to hide from them. Mom drags me near them to show me that they’re not dangerous. That makes me shiver. Sometimes, she picks me up and carries me, but sometimes she is just not in the mood, so we cross the street and decide to fight that battle another time.

I use my imagination to pretend things too. I pretend the street is my bed.

I pretend Mom is going to take me with her in the car.

And I pretend she won’t notice if I walk on the glass table as if it’s the floor.

Mom uses her imagination a lot, too. She tells the students she visits that they should always start with a tiny, little seed of an idea and make it grow by mind-writing. That’s because even though an idea is a good beginning, the best parts of the stories she writes come from her imagination.

Imagination comes easy for both of us, but knowledge is TOUGH. Mom has some knowledge, but not the kind that has to do with math. I have a tiny brain, so there isn’t a lot of room for knowledge in there. In spite of this, Mom insists on teaching me new things all the time. She says, “Find it!” and “Fetch it!” and “Drop it!” and “Touch it!” and “Leave it!” and “26+18?? GAH! Where’s the calculator?”

Lately, Mom is teaching me to find things by sniffing. Here I am trying to sniff out a bacon treat. I know it’s somewhere – In the boxes. Or near them. Or under the rug. Or behind the toy. Or…. GAH! Where’s the calculator?

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Aw Cupcake, you clever bean!! We use our imagination a lot too. Sammy chases & barks at monsters beyond our wall all day and I imagine that I’ve been swimming in the sea & that I need to rub myself dry on the lounge carpet whilst making as much noise as possible *BOL*

Cupcake, I think your imagination is boundless! Mine is too! I see stuff in rooms that my Mom doesn’t see – – – I hear things she doesn’t hear – – – and I often imagine I’m in a room full of yummy treats so I search far and wide for them frequently……imagination is a wonderful thing and I think it’s great that we use ours FREQUENTLY!!!

It may be the case that you have a tiny brain, but it has so many sulci that there IS a LOT of room for knowledge in there! Therefore, I think it is not surprising that you’ve found in no time out that that bacon treat was eaten up by your mom. That’s why you give her so meaningful glances at the end of the video.

Thanks, K.! I love having sulci! That is my new favorite word. I think if Mom eats my bacon treats, she will get a well-deserved belly-ache. That piercing look means, “Get it, Mom. It’s stuck under the flap of the box!”

Great imagination Cupcake! Your mom has a great imagination also! We are imagining running the trails with you with us Cupcake… you would not have to be afraid with a army of collies with you!
the collies and chuck 🙂

Thanks, W. and E. Mom makes me earn everything around here! She says it’s so I don’t get fat and lazy, or something like that. I can only imagine a time when I figure out how to open the cabinet or grow big enough to reach the cookie jar.

Such an excellent quote! I imagine that bugs that buzz by me are the size of airplanes and then I get super frightened and I beg to go inside to the bug-free zone. Uh oh . . . I think I just shared a little too much!

Great theme today Cupcake. You do just about everything your mom asks. Love the Einstein quote your mom shared. I have a quote I use occasionally as a seed thought when I meditate: “Inspiration and imagination are wings for soul power.” Imagination is so important to who we are. Awesome post.

Dear Cupcake,
I love your big ole imagination and all of the fun things you do with it! What a fabulous quote to illustrate the joy you bring to the world when you (and your mom) encircle it with your imaginations!
Lots of love,
Wiles

Imagination is a wonderful thing!
They play a sniffing game with me sometimes. They hold both hands out, with a treat hidden in one, and I have to point to the correct hand with my nose to get the treat. I’m always right, so it’s lots of fun!